Microscope

How does the exhibit work?

You can put different discs of objects under the microscope.This allows you to see the objects through the microscope magnified on the screen.

What is the science behind it?

The scales on a butterfly's wing, the lines on your fingertips, the gears in a watch... There are so many things you can't see with the naked eye. But luckily you can with a microscope.

A microscope contains lenses with which you can see very small things much bigger. This microscope enlarges an image up to fifty-two times. Are you curious to know what else lenses can do? Then be sure to visit our ‘Lenses bench’.

With the digital camera built in, the image is transferred directly to the screen. This type of microscope is also called a digital microscope.

Microscopes to solve crimes

To find the criminal(s) of a crime, you have to be a great detective! Besides looking for fingerprints, you also have to look for a fired bullet, for example. Just like you can link a fingerprint to a specific person, you can also link a bullet to a specific weapon. Weapons make small scratches in the bullets when they are fired. These can easily be seen with a microscope. The scratches of each weapon are unique.

So, if the police find a bullet at the scene of a crime and a weapon on a suspect's person, the experts in the lab can check if that weapon was used.